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I like that they allowed Clint Eastwood to dub himself in English for all three "Man with no Name" movies, when the English dubs were first prepared in 1967.

A disturbing trend I noticed with European films, especially in Italy is that in the English dubs, more often than not would the English-speaking performers be dubbed by other performers, who sounded absolutely nothing like the original ones. I heard it had something to do with the incredibly strict dubbing unions in Europe, who wouldn't pay said English-speaking performers to dub themselves in English, unless it was part of their contract. Am I correct in assuming that?

If it is true, then it was sheer luck that it was part of Eastwood's contract to dub himself.

Well I've no idea what's going on. Amazon UK has the steelbook released ay the end of May, but they don't say if it's the new re-mastered version, & at £18.50 it's more expensive than the US three films set. I'm not paying that sort of money, & I'm not buying the set where I already have two movies, & I don't think I'm alone. But still no press release yet, so who knows. I do know that I'm in no rush at all & will end up with just the re-mastered GBU at a reasonable price £9-£12, after all this is a studio putting right a third rate release, & at this point who knows if they've made a good job of it this time.

No, you're not alone. I'm not rebuying two exact same discs just to get an alleged remaster of one film. I find it very odd that, at this point, it hasn't even been determined if GBU is indeed a better transfer. Even if it's the better-received Italian print, the studio should just come clean and tell us. And since they're not releasing the films separately there's even less of an incentive to buy this. My money is on the standalone UK edition of GBU and ONLY if it's a vastly superior transfer.

No, you're not alone. I'm not rebuying two exact same discs just to get an alleged remaster of one film. I find it very odd that, at this point, it hasn't even been determined if GBU is indeed a better transfer. Even if it's the better-received Italian print, the studio should just come clean and tell us. And since they're not releasing the films separately there's even less of an incentive to buy this. My money is on the standalone UK edition of GBU and ONLY if it's a vastly superior transfer.

I agree, its frustrating that there hasn't been a full press release for the set.

For that price, I could buy the complete upcoming American Trilogy set (if same transfer).

I am being lazy...

Is that Steelbook cheaper on Amazon UK?

I'd wait, the steelbook is far too expensive (it was £18.50 at Amazon when I last looked), it'll come down, quite fast. The German release is in a normal amaray case & is only 11.30 euro. I'm going to wait for a normal amaray case & an £8 price tag, & while I'm waiting I can read what everyone has to say about it.

"And now the reprimand, from an American critic. He reproaches me for using film as a sacred & lasting medium, like a painting or a book. He does not believe that filmmaking is an inferior art, but he believes, and quite rightly, that a reel goes quickly, that the public are looking above all for relaxation, that film is fragile and that it is pretentious to express the power of one's soul by such ephemeral and delicate means, that Charlie Chaplin's or Buster Keaton's first films can only be seen on very rare and badly spoiled prints. I add that the cinema is making daily progress and that eventually films that we consider marvelous today will soon be forgotten because of new dimensions & colour. This is true. But for 4 weeks this film [The Blood of a Poet] has been shown to audiences that have been so attentive, so eager & so warm, that I wonder after all there is not an anonymous public who are looking for more than relaxation in the cinema." - Jean Cocteau, 1932

MGM Home Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment have officially announced that they will release on Blu-ray The Man with No Name Trilogy. The release will be available for purchase on June 3rd.

The Sergio Leone "Spaghetti Westerns" did not simply add a new chapter to the genre...they reinvented it. From his shockingly violent and stylized breakthrough, A Fistful Of Dollars, to the film Quentin Tarantino calls "the best-directed movie of all time," The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, Leone's vision elevated Westerns to an entirely new art form. This definitive Leone collection of the most ambitious and influential Westerns ever made includes more than five hours of special features that uncover buried gold in these gritty classics – plus a NEWLY REMASTERED version of The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.

BONUS FEATURES:

Disc 1: A Fistful of Dollars Blu-ray

[*]The Christopher Frayling Archives: Fistful of Dollars[*]Feature Commentary by noted Film Historian – Sir Christopher Frayling[*]A New Kind of Hero[*]A Few Weeks in Spain: Clint Eastwood on the Experience of Making the Film[*]Tre Voci: Fistful of Dollars[*]Not Ready for Primetime: Renowned filmmaker Monte Hellman discusses the television broadcast of A Fistful of Dollars[*]The Network Prologue - with Harry Dean Stanton[*]Location Comparisons: Then to now[*]10 Radio Spots[*]Double Bill Trailer[*]Fistful of Dollars Trailer[/list]

Disc 2: For a Few Dollars More Blu-ray

[*]The Christopher Frayling Archives: For a Few Dollars More[*]Feature Commentary by noted Film Historian – Sir Christopher Frayling[*]A New Standard (Frayling on For a Few Dollars More)[*]Back for More (Clint Eastwood remembers For a Few Dollars More)[*]Tre Voci: For a Few Dollars More[*]For a Few Dollars More: The Original American Release Version[*]Location Comparisons[*]12 Radio spots[*]Theatrical Trailer[/list]

Disc 3: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Remastered Blu-ray

[*]Leone's West[*]The Leone Style[*]The Man Who Lost the Civil War[*]Reconstructing The Good, The Bad and The Ugly[*]Il Maestro: Ennio Morricone and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Part One[*]Il Maestro: Ennio Morricone and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Part Two[*]Deleted Scenes

You know, these downmixes are really insulting. How hard would it have been to include the blasted mono? That's a major dealbreaker for me . The sad thing is, I don't think there's an HD release which contains it ANYWHERE! One of the definitive movies of its genre, and the best best is the old SD theatrical cut ? That's a huge disappointment.PS If there's a proper thread connected to a review, then I apologize for not posting in that, my searching didn't turn it up, Tapatalk is wonky.